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Active Leaders & Records for Strikeouts
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
Single-Season
Career
Active
Progressive
Year-by-Year Top-Tens
Yearly League
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: Strikeouts
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Bats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryan Howard (13, 36) | 1843 | L |
| 2. | Carlos Beltran (19, 39) | 1693 | B |
| 3. | Mark Reynolds (10, 32) | 1631 | R |
| 4. | Curtis Granderson (13, 35) | 1589 | L |
| 5. | Adrian Beltre (19, 37) | 1584 | R |
| 6. | Melvin Upton (12, 31) | 1561 | R |
| 7. | Miguel Cabrera (14, 33) | 1516 | R |
| 8. | Jhonny Peralta (14, 34) | 1437 | R |
| 9. | Jayson Werth (14, 37) | 1381 | R |
| 10. | Nick Swisher (12, 35) | 1373 | B |
| 11. | Matt Kemp (11, 31) | 1367 | R |
| 12. | Justin Upton (10, 28) | 1364 | R |
| 13. | Adrian Gonzalez (13, 34) | 1324 | L |
| 14. | Chris Davis (9, 30) | 1309 | L |
| 15. | Mike Napoli (11, 34) | 1305 | R |
| 16. | David Wright (13, 33) | 1292 | R |
| 17. | Jimmy Rollins (17, 37) | 1264 | B |
| 18. | Jay Bruce (9, 29) | 1239 | L |
| 19. | Marlon Byrd (15, 38) | 1234 | R |
| 20. | Matt Holliday (13, 36) | 1230 | R |
| 21. | Juan Uribe (16, 37) | 1224 | R |
| 22. | Rickie Weeks (13, 33) | 1181 | R |
| 23. | Nelson Cruz (12, 35) | 1174 | R |
| 24. | Alex Gordon (10, 32) | 1148 | L |
| 25. | Chase Headley (10, 32) | 1146 | B |
| 26. | Kelly Johnson (11, 34) | 1145 | L |
| 27. | Michael Bourn (11, 33) | 1124 | L |
| 28. | Jose Bautista (13, 35) | 1113 | R |
| 29. | Evan Longoria (9, 30) | 1111 | R |
| 30. | Chase Utley (14, 37) | 1102 | L |
| 31. | Chris Young (11, 32) | 1100 | R |
| 32. | Shin-Soo Choo (12, 33) | 1091 | L |
| 33. | Hunter Pence (10, 33) | 1090 | R |
| 34. | Adam Jones (11, 30) | 1088 | R |
| 35. | Ryan Zimmerman (12, 31) | 1087 | R |
| 36. | Jeff Francoeur (12, 32) | 1080 | R |
| 37. | Ryan Braun (10, 32) | 1070 | R |
| 38. | Carl Crawford (15, 34) | 1067 | L |
| 39. | Hanley Ramirez (12, 32) | 1066 | R |
| 40. | Miguel Olivo (13, 37) | 1060 | R |
| 41. | Albert Pujols (16, 36) | 1053 | R |
| 42. | Ian Desmond (8, 30) | 1050 | R |
| 43. | Colby Rasmus (8, 29) | 1042 | L |
| 44. | Ichiro Suzuki (16, 42) | 1037 | L |
| 45. | Brandon Phillips (15, 35) | 1012 | R |
| 46. | Edwin Encarnacion (12, 33) | 1004 | R |
| Joey Votto (10, 32) | 1004 | L | |
| 48. | Carlos Gomez (10, 30) | 999 | R |
| 49. | Justin Morneau (14, 35) | 988 | L |
| 50. | Russell Martin (11, 33) | 986 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Strikeouts | Bats |
| 51. | Giancarlo Stanton (7, 26) | 977 | R |
| 52. | Dexter Fowler (9, 30) | 974 | B |
| 53. | Robinson Cano (12, 33) | 964 | L |
| Jarrod Saltalamacchia (10, 31) | 964 | B | |
| 55. | Drew Stubbs (8, 31) | 963 | R |
| 56. | Nick Markakis (11, 32) | 958 | L |
| 57. | Carlos Gonzalez (9, 30) | 956 | L |
| 58. | Howie Kendrick (11, 32) | 939 | R |
| 59. | Josh Hamilton (9, 35) | 938 | L |
| 60. | Andre Ethier (11, 34) | 928 | L |
| 61. | Austin Jackson (7, 29) | 923 | R |
| 62. | Andrew McCutchen (8, 29) | 922 | R |
| 63. | J.J. Hardy (12, 33) | 912 | R |
| 64. | Pedro Alvarez (7, 29) | 906 | L |
| 65. | Asdrubal Cabrera (10, 30) | 905 | B |
| Stephen Drew (11, 33) | 905 | L | |
| 67. | Brian McCann (12, 32) | 903 | L |
| 68. | Adam Lind (11, 32) | 898 | L |
| 69. | A.J. Pierzynski (19, 39) | 895 | L |
| 70. | Chris Carter (7, 29) | 875 | R |
| 71. | Coco Crisp (15, 36) | 865 | B |
| Joe Mauer (13, 33) | 865 | L | |
| 73. | Mark Trumbo (7, 30) | 856 | R |
| Troy Tulowitzki (11, 31) | 856 | R | |
| 75. | Ian Kinsler (11, 34) | 842 | R |
| 76. | Billy Butler (10, 30) | 840 | R |
| Brandon Moss (10, 32) | 840 | L | |
| 78. | Ben Zobrist (11, 35) | 839 | B |
| 79. | Danny Espinosa (7, 29) | 834 | B |
| Aaron Hill (12, 34) | 834 | R | |
| 81. | Miguel Montero (11, 32) | 831 | L |
| 82. | Freddie Freeman (7, 26) | 814 | L |
| 83. | Chris Iannetta (11, 33) | 796 | R |
| Jose Reyes (14, 33) | 796 | B | |
| 85. | Mike Trout (6, 24) | 784 | R |
| 86. | Victor Martinez (14, 37) | 779 | B |
| 87. | Omar Infante (15, 34) | 776 | R |
| 88. | Brett Gardner (9, 32) | 773 | L |
| 89. | Chris Johnson (8, 31) | 753 | R |
| 90. | Will Venable (9, 33) | 748 | L |
| 91. | David Freese (8, 33) | 742 | R |
| 92. | Paul Goldschmidt (6, 28) | 739 | R |
| 93. | Melky Cabrera (12, 31) | 738 | B |
| 94. | Alex Avila (8, 29) | 731 | L |
| 95. | Jason Heyward (7, 26) | 727 | L |
| 96. | Kendrys Morales (10, 33) | 725 | B |
| 97. | Franklin Gutierrez (11, 33) | 720 | R |
| 98. | Carlos Santana (7, 30) | 718 | B |
| Seth Smith (10, 33) | 718 | L | |
| 100. | Rajai Davis (11, 35) | 708 | R |
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